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13th July 1793: Jean-Paul Marat attacked in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday

The radical French journalist Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bathtub by Charlotte ...

12th July 927: Earliest date for the founded of England under Æthelstan

Æthelstan was the son of Edward the Elder and the grandson of Alfred the Great. His ancestors had already carved large chunks from Viking lands as far north as the River Humber which led them to refer to themselves as ‘king of the Saxons’ or ‘king of the ...

11th July 1922: The Hollywood Bowl opens in Los Angeles

The Hollywood Bowl opened in Bolton Canyon near Los ...

10th July 1553: Lady Jane Grey proclaimed Queen of England after the death of Edward VI

Parliament declared Jane a usurper. She was tried on charges of high treason and found to be guilty for having signed official documents as ‘Jane the Queen’. She was beheaded the following ...

9th July 1971: Henry Kissinger makes a secret diplomatic trip to China

Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon’s National Security Advisor, made a secret trip to China to meet with Premier Zhou ...

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to its lowest point during the Great Depression

From its high of 381.17 on September 3, 1929, the Dow plummeted by almost 90 per cent to 41.22 on July 8, ...

7th July 1911: North Pacific Fur Seal Convention signed for wildlife conservation

The North Pacific Fur Seal Convention, the first international treaty that dealt with wildlife conservation issues, was ...

6th July 1957: John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet for the first time at the St Peter’s Church garden fête in Woolton, Liverpool

John Lennon was playing guitar with his skiffle band, The Quarrymen, who were performing on a bill alongside the Liverpool police dogs display team and the Band of the Cheshire ...

5th July 1946: The bikini swimsuit introduced four days after a Bikini Atoll atomic test

The bikini swimsuit was introduced for the first time, four days after an atomic test at the Bikini ...

4th July 1950: Radio Free Europe broadcasts for the first time behind the Iron Curtain

Although the station was uncensored in that that it shared information that was suppressed within the Communist Bloc, it was am important propaganda tool founded and funded by the US ...